AI summary: The article discusses the importance of plate tectonics in understanding the Earth’s evolution and its impact on species distribution and energy flow. It highlights the need for a continuous model defining Earth’s tectonic history over the past 1 billion years. The authors aim to create a full-plate model that can be used for future studies, providing a framework for understanding the Earth’s geodynamic nature and evolution. The article concludes with the presentation of the first continuous full-plate model from 1 billion years ago to the present day.
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